{"id":129471,"date":"2023-09-04T12:05:26","date_gmt":"2023-09-04T12:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/?p=129471"},"modified":"2023-09-04T12:05:26","modified_gmt":"2023-09-04T12:05:26","slug":"german-chancellor-wears-eye-patch-as-he-reveals-facial-injuries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/world-news\/german-chancellor-wears-eye-patch-as-he-reveals-facial-injuries\/","title":{"rendered":"German chancellor wears eye patch as he reveals facial injuries"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>German chancellor is pictured wearing an eye patch as he reveals how he managed to smash up his own face<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Chancellor Olaf Scholz shared a pirate-style picture of himself on social media<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>A spokesman said the Chancellor was doing well considering the circumstances<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Monday tweeted a pirate-style picture of himself with a black eye patch and dark-red bruises on the right side of his face &#8211; injuries the government said he sustained in a sporting accident.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Am excited to see the memes,&#8217; the chancellor wrote in the caption.<\/p>\n<p>To deflect any possible worries about his health, on the photo, which appears to have been taken at the chancellery, Scholz smiled slightly and also wrote: &#8216;Thanks for the well wishes, it looks worse than it is!&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Scholz fell while jogging on Saturday and sustained bruises to his face, prompting him to cancel some appointments this weekend, the government said.<\/p>\n<p>His spokesperson told reporters in Berlin later on Monday that the chancellor was doing well considering the circumstances.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/04\/12\/75036457-12478467-image-a-19_1693825569088.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>German Chancellor wears an eye patch following his jogging injury in this handout image released in Berlin by the Bundespresseamt in Berlin, Germany, September 4, 2023<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/04\/12\/75036457-12478467-image-m-22_1693825579783.jpg\" height=\"726\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Scholz fell while jogging on Saturday and sustained bruises to his face, prompting him to cancel some appointments this weekend, the government said<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/04\/12\/75036459-12478467-image-a-20_1693825571438.jpg\" height=\"428\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>German Chancellor Olaf Scholz looks on prior to the start of the weekly cabinet meeting at the Chancellery in Berlin on June 21, 2023<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He was in quite a good mood this morning, but still looks a bit battered,&#8217; Steffen Hebestreit said adding that the photo was published &#8216;so that everyone can get used to how he will look in the next week or two.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, the 65-year-old German leader cancelled appointments in the central Hesse region, where a state election is being held on Oct. 8.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, he was expected to attend public appearances later on Monday in Berlin.<\/p>\n<p>Local media reported that Scholz fell while running in his hometown of Potsdam which is located 17 miles southwest of the German capital.<\/p>\n<p>Scholz has led Germany since December 2021.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He previously served as the country&#8217;s finance and labour minister, and as mayor of Hamburg.<\/p>\n<p>In a profile on his party&#8217;s website, Scholz says that he hated sports when he was at school but acquired a taste for it from his wife, Britta Ernst.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Today I jog as often as I can,&#8217; he says.<\/p>\n<p>Scholz says he tries to find time for jogging, rowing or walking two or three times a week and also enjoys cycling.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12478467\/German-chancellor-pictured-wearing-eye-patch-reveals-managed-smash-face.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>German chancellor is pictured wearing an eye patch as he reveals how he managed to smash up his own face&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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